If A Company Is Paying Men Twice As Much As Women...

vetuste_ennemi | 00:22 Sat 10th Mar 2018 | Business & Finance

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...to do the same job [an example taken, allegedly, from one company in one industry cited by a contributor to a discussion on Sky News about the "gender pay gap"], then why doesn't that company stop hiring blokes?

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woofgang

I think you may have inverted the company's reasoning.....it pays a premium to the people who it wants to employ and is concerned to retain. it isn't so interested in employing and retaining women.

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Like it prefers men rather than women to profit? Best people at lowest prices not a more sensible principle?

aelmpvw

would there be a 'gender pay gap' if men could get pregnant?

ummmm

Probably less so.

vetuste_ennemi

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//would there be a 'gender pay gap' if men could get pregnant?//

Probably, but one of the reasons for the gap would be reduced.

woofgang

vetuste_ennemi "Like it prefers men rather than women to profit? Best people at lowest prices not a more sensible principle? "

Yes it absolutely is....but businesses are often not run on sensible principles...I give you the NHS as a prime example.

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